Activision has announced that its has named its Beenox studio the primary developer on all upcoming Spider-Man game’s from the publisher.

Beenox’s most recent web-slinging game, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, was one of the most highly rated Spider-Man titles to date, with a Metacritic rating ranging from 76 to 75 depending on the platform.

The game also received an award at the VGAs in December for Best Performance by a Human Male. The winner being, of course, the show’s host and voice of Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Neil Patrick Harris.

“Beenox’s creative vision reinvigorated the Spider-Man gaming experience among critics and fans in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions,” said SVP Patrick Kelly. “We can’t wait to see where this talented studio will take this franchise in the future.”

“We are thrilled with this opportunity to continue our close, collaborative relationship with Activision, Marvel and everyone’s friendly, neighborhood hero, Spider-Man,” said Beenox studio head Dee Brown. “Being able to map out Spider-Man’s interactive future gives us the creative freedom to really craft the best gaming experience for the fans.”

No word yet on where the next game in the Spider-Man franchise will head, but congratulations to Beenox for a job well done.

Activision has announced Neil Patrick Harris will reprise his role as Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.

Known as womanizer Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, the crazy celebrity in Harold and Kumar, and for his role as Doogie Howser, Harris also lent his voice to Peter Parker in Spider-Man: The New Animated Series.

Different actors will voice Spidey in the four different worlds of the game: Harris in Amazing, Josh Keaton in Ultimate, Christopher Daniel Barnes in Noir, and Dan Gilvezan will portray him in 2099.

Along with Harris, each of the actors portrayed the web-slinger in previous Spider-Man animated television series.

Another famous name in the game you may recognize is Stan Lee (how could you not? – ed.) who will guide players through the storyline of Shattered Dimensions as the game’s narrator.

Beenox ‘s Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions will be available September 7 for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and PC, with Griptonite handling the DS version.

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It will work on the DS, PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360 versions of the game.

Activision still has yet to announce a date or platforms, but the video released earlier in the week showed logos for the above referenced formats.

GameStop also has it down for a September 7 release, with “fall” being Acti’s time-frame.

It has been revealed that Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions will be featured in panel hosted by Marvel writer Dan Slott, Spider-Man voice actor Christopher Daniel, producer Meghan Morgan and creative director Thomas Wilson of Beenox.

Shew, that was a mouth full.

Supposedly, the panel will reveal that Shattered Dimensions takes place in “an exciting new universe never before seen in Spider-Man video games,” complete with “unique, unexpected worlds,” and will unveil two “new” villains.